Name: < > Class: < > Date: < > Haiku Your teacher may have given you a handout about haiku. Before you begin this activity, read the haiku handout and learn about this elegant form of Japanese poetry. The haiku form has three lines. The first and third lines are the shortest. The middle line is the longest. In a pure haiku, the first and third lines each have five syllables, and the second line has seven, for a total of 17 (5 + 7 + 5 = 17). At times, haiku uses chopped or fragmented and condensed grammar to achieve an effect. There is no punctuation in the Japanese originals, though many translators supply some for the sake of clarity. See surviving sons Visiting the ancestral grave Bearded, with bent canes It is reported that Basho and a student were going through the fields looking at darting dragonflies. The student made a haiku. Red dragonflies Take off their wings And they are pepper pods Basho said, "That is not haiku. If you wish to make haiku, you must say it like this: Red pepper pods Add wings to them And they are dragonflies." Read the haiku below and revise them so they achieve an effect. Running toward second Sliding as the ball whizzes by I am safe! < > An owl in a tree At night catching little bugs Quick he flies away! < > Butterfly flying Gently in the summer air Please come down to me! < > Run, little mouse, run The cat is right behind you Hop, little mouse, hop! < > Bird in a treetop Singing sweet pretty song It makes me listen! < > Be my valentine Be my valentine now Today is the day! < > A boat in the lake Is wandering by itself Floating by and by < > A sailboat sailing In a gentle London breeze Sails of gold < > Sail sail sail Sailboat come to me I want to play with you now < > Name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== Haiku often works by creating a clear image in the first two lines, and then using the third line to bring about a surprise or sudden change in mood or perspective. Learning haiku Waiting, and then finally A pretty accident Even beside the Rows of cars and houses Children write haiku Snow having melted The whole village is brimful Of happy children A good way to practice haiku is to remove the third line. Read the first two lines. Then complete the poem by writing the third line. If you wish, after you complete these haiku, you can compare them with the original on the haiku handout. But for now, don't try to remember the original. Have fun seeing what pictures and ideas jump into your mind. The cold wind screeches! All the howling night it cries < > Be a good boy And look after the house well < > Buddha on the hill From your holy nose < > Though a noted place The man pays no attention < > The years are going I have kept my gray hairs < > How beautifully That kite soars up to the sky < > Hark to that cuckoo Singing, singing in flight < > When I think of it As my snow, how light it is < > Into the old pond A frog suddenly plunges < > Rice field maidens, The only things not muddy < > The warm summer breeze Rushes through barley plants < > Going yesterday, today Tonight... the wild geese < > The toad. It looks as if It could belch forth < > The peasant hoes on The person who lost the way < > Since settling to earth The high spirit of that kite < > Snow having melted The whole village is brimful < > ==================== Haiku often make observations about everyday events. The weather, seasons, nature, pets, friendship, foods, games, and moods are all subjects for haiku. So close your eyes, find an image, and write a short description of that image for the first line of your haiku. For example: Tomatoes on a vine Now write a longer second line, Tomatoes on a vine So round and red and sweet And the shorter third line, Tomatoes on a vine So round and red and sweet Will a worm find you? My Haiku < > ==================== Visual Presentation Many haiku poets accompanied their poems with beautiful watercolors or ink drawings. You may enjoy doing a watercolor or drawing to accompany your haiku. The haiku can be copied carefully onto the drawing paper after the illustration is successfully completed. If you wish to photocopy the poem and illustration, black ink works well. But you could also experiment to find out what other materials reproduce well. Meet with your writing support group and share some of your haiku. Listen to what people like most and least. Then return to the computer and revise your poems, taking into account what you learned. My Revised Haiku < > ==================== Write about what you learned and how you felt doing these haiku activities. What was easiest and what was hardest for you? How do you feel about yourself as a writer? < > If you haven't done so already, name and save this file now. (Press ctrl+S, type a name for the file, and press enter.) ==================== end of activity Copyright Renaissance Learning, Inc.Download Driver Pack
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